Kneecapped by a hooded hitman: First picture of the boy, 14, shot on his own doorstep

Khalil Hogan was blasted in both legs by a hooded hitman dressed entirely in black after answering the door to his family home in High Wycombe last week

A hooded hitman dressed entirely in black used a double-barrelled shotgun to kneecap a football-mad schoolboy on the doorstep of his home, police said today.

The masked gunman opened fire at point blank range almost immediately after 14-year-old Khalil Hogan innocently opened the door to his family home.

With blood pouring from his wounds he managed to slam the door as the armed man, dressed from head to toe in black, fled on foot.

Today detectives were able for the first time to speak to brave Khalil in his hospital bed about what happened on Tuesday evening.

Officers also revealed that the teenager had no criminal record and had never been in trouble with the police.

'We have now had an opportunity to speak with the boy who was shot in both legs almost immediately after he opened his front door, before the offender made off on foot,' said Detective Chief Inspector Joe Kidman.

'He has described the offender as about 5ft 11ins tall, wearing a black hooded top with the hood down, a black balaclava with a single opening at the front and dark trousers.

'He cannot be sure of the skin colour of the offender but believes he may be black.

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'He has described the gun as a side-by-side shotgun about a metre in length.

'This 14-year-old young man, who has no criminal record and has never been arrested, has been subjected to a very traumatic attack.

'We need the assistance of the public to catch whoever is responsible.'

Forensic scenes of crime officers have combed the area around Khalil's home but have not found the shotgun.

Khalil's sister, 18-year-old Shiinekah, said that they believed the gunman had knocked on the wrong door when he carried out the point-blank shooting in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.

The road in High Wycombe where Khalil was attacked

She told how Khalil was a 'quiet and studious' boy who had never been in trouble in his life.

Shiinekah said: 'I think that someone got the wrong house. I just don't understand how anyone could take a gun to someone's home and shoot them in the legs.

'Khalil has never been in trouble so it can't be anything to do with school. He never hangs around with other boys and neither drinks nor smokes. We are just as confused and upset as everyone else is.'

She told how she ran to the family house straight after hearing about the shooting.

'My older sister and her boyfriend were with him at the house at the time the gunman called.

'They were watching TV in the living room when the doorbell rang. Khalil went to answer the door and there were two loud bangs.

'He said there was one man at the door but didn't say anything else about what he saw.

'Khalil managed to slam the door shut and get to the kitchen. I don't know how he managed to walk there but he must have been using his adrenaline.

Khalil, a student at St Bernard's Catholic School in Marlow Hill, Buckinghamshire, is studying for his GCSEs.